Decorating and Design - Painting a room with angled walls
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point4m
09-04-06, 03:59 PM
Hi everyone, me again! We've finally ripped down the old drywall and insulation from the upstairs room and are preparing to re-insulate and re-drywall. Once this is done we'll need to paint and we are purplexed as to how to paint the room to make it appear larger. It is a 10' x 13' room with a portion of the walls 90 degrees and the remainder angles up toward the roof on the north and south. There is a window on the east wall and the door and closet on the west wall. Technically we have only the two north and south angled walls free to use for furniture etc, that being said we were trying to figure out how to paint it. We want a neutral colour and we aren't sure if we should break up the room with a solid feature colour on the window wall and if we should be paining the 90 degree wall areas one colour and using a lighter colour for the angled walls and ceiling. Can anyone give us any help with this? We really want to make the room appear larger, but we aren't sure how to achieve this. Thanks!
marksr
09-04-06, 04:04 PM
I would suggest either using an off white for both walls and ceiling or painting the ceiling [including the angled portion] white and the walls a light pastel. Dark colors tend to make a room appear smaller.
Annette
09-05-06, 01:03 PM
to make a room like this seem it's biggest, select a paint color similar in tone* to the flooring, and paint all walls & ceiling with that one paint color.
*note: i said tone, not color - tone is a color's lightness or darkness, so if your carpet is light, paint a light color. if the carpet is medium, use a medium paint. you can have beige carpet & blue walls, just keep them both the same tone.
do not break it up at all. lines of contrast (where a light color meets a darker color) stop your eye & create small sections of space which makes the whole space seem smaller. no lines of contrast & your eye flows over the whole room & it seems bigger. lighter colors will reflect more light & keep the room brighter & seemingly bigger.
all that said - depending on the function of this room, making it seem its largest maybe shouldn't be your goal (it's NEVER a goal of mine). if it's a playroom, don't worry about it & have fun. paint every single area a different color if you want.
*note: i said tone, not color - tone is a color's lightness or darkness, so if your carpet is light, paint a light color. if the carpet is medium, use a medium paint. you can have beige carpet & blue walls, just keep them both the same tone.
do not break it up at all. lines of contrast (where a light color meets a darker color) stop your eye & create small sections of space which makes the whole space seem smaller. no lines of contrast & your eye flows over the whole room & it seems bigger. lighter colors will reflect more light & keep the room brighter & seemingly bigger.
all that said - depending on the function of this room, making it seem its largest maybe shouldn't be your goal (it's NEVER a goal of mine). if it's a playroom, don't worry about it & have fun. paint every single area a different color if you want.